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Seattle Transportation Committee (Dec 2, 2025) recommends confirmation of multiple advisory-board appointments; hears SDOT levy update and discusses two ordinances

SeattleDec 2, 20253 min read

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The committee voted unanimously (5-0) to recommend City Council confirm 21 appointments and reappointments to the Transportation Levy Oversight Committee and various advisory boards (freight, pedestrian, transit, bicycle, and school traffic safety). SDOT presented the Levy Delivery Plan progress and 2026 look-ahead as an information item. Two council bills — an alley vacation in Denny Triangle (CB 121117) and a pedestrian skybridge permit (CB 121022) — were discussed.

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Recommended City Council confirm Timothy Harrison Chang to the Transportation Levy Oversight Committee (term to Dec 31, 2028).
Recommended City Council confirm appointments and reappointments to the Seattle Freight Advisory Board (Tyler Blackwell, Giovanni Mottolese, Herb Krohn, Waylon Robert, Stuart G. Thompson) for terms to May 31, 2027.
Recommended City Council confirm appointments and reappointments to the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board (Lily Andualem, Delaney Lind, Chris Mackay) for terms to March 31, 2027.
Recommended City Council confirm appointments and reappointments to the Seattle Transit Advisory Board (Priyadharshini Balan, Zach Burton, Dana Coppernoll-Houston, Carolyn Tillinger, Daniel Wolpert) for terms to Aug 2, 2027.
Recommended City Council confirm appointments and reappointments to the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (Joan Chen, Madin Akpo-Esambe, Ksenia I. Ershova, Taylor Hom, Nia Ransom) for terms to Aug 31, 2026/2027.
Recommended City Council confirm appointments to the Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee (Elizabeth Day; reappointment of Noa Guter) for terms to March 31, 2028.
Heard Information Item Inf 2803: SDOT Levy Delivery Plan Progress and 2026 Look Ahead (presentation delivered).
Discussed CB 121117: ordinance to vacate the alley in Block 24, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition (Denny Triangle) and accept a Property Use and Development Agreement (petition of GID Development Group and Seattle Parks and Recreation Department).
Discussed CB 121022: ordinance to permit HST Lessee West Seattle LLC to maintain and operate a pedestrian skybridge over Virginia Street between 5th and 6th Avenues for a 15-year term (renewable once for 15 years) and related conditions.

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